is the IM niche good for beginners?

I wouldn't qualify it as a niche, so much as a 'world'. And like any world, seems to me you need to orientate, make friends, find out who (and what) to avoid. As said above, play to your strengths.

Internet Marketing can apply to a multitude of niches. With that said, everyone here was a beginner at one time or another. Find your niche. Put together a blog or a website. Learn about Internet Marketing. Then market your niche.

Good luck.

IM isn't a niche. It's an industry.

What you're asking is similar to saying, "Is accounting a good niche to go into?" or, "Is real estate a good niche to go into?".

If you go into IM, your intention is to build a business and make money.

Building an IM business is not very different from building any other business in terms of effort. Regardless of what path you take (there's a LOT to choose from), you will have to learn a lot, and work hard, at least in the beginning.

The nice thing is once you get your IM business running properly, if you build it right you shouldn't have to work so hard, and you will hopefully be making a lot of money.

First, it isn't a "niche" - it's a "market" and an absolutely huge one.

Secondly, no: these niches are dreadful, for beginners.

Setting out in IM-related niches, for beginning marketers, is the single commonest mistake made by beginners, and the single commonest reason underlying the very high failure-rate in internet marketing.

How much sense can it really make to be advising others how to do something of which you have no successful experience, yourself? You'll be doing that - directly or indirectly - in the emails you send out to subscribers. (And without sending emails out to subscribers, there's no income worth talking about, anyway. If you didn't know that yet, it simply illustrates yet again why you should stay away from any IM-related niches.)

If you set out in IM-related niches, the one thing you're guaranteeing is that you'll be competing for the same traffic against some of the world's most successful, most experienced, best-funded internet marketers. How do you like that competition for your first venture?

You'll also be making sure that your own visitors/subscribers are also visitors/subscribers to a large number of other other marketers almost all of whom have far more experience than you do. (Who's likely to "make the sale", under those circumstances?).

The people who say "do it" are probably the exact same people who tell beginning marketers that it's all about "taking action" (apparently without it ever quite occurring to them that if you set off in the wrong direction, whether you arrive at your desired destination will have absolutely nothing to do with how much "action" you take).

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It's a good way to get taken advantage of. Beware of snake-oil.

IM is vast. likewise, PASSION is important. If you do not have it, then -> NO.

If you had to ask the question then you probably shouldn't do it and when you are ready you will be ready.

I read through a few a post and they almost sounded like they
wanted to fight you because you asked the question.

( And that is what stops people from being themselves. The backlash of criticism that they receive on the journey... deep down inside most of your critics are bitter because they stop believing in themselves along time ago.

You know what... F**K'em, kill'em with your success and kill'em again with your testimonials)

Just Suck It and See...

But when it comes down to it, I am sure it has
been done before... I could be wrong

and I am sure it will be done again...
I could be wrong about that also.

If you want to do it... DO IT... I only hate a few things and one of them is
when I see others trying extinguish someones dream.

"So what advice can you give
and who can you give it to."

Believe it or not there are people who don't know the things you know and you are doing them a disservice because they need that information.

You don't have to teach people how to make money to be able to contribute to the market. Maybe you are very creative and you a awesome technique for coming up with great domain names with out fail.

And after you of have done a little research that people are looking for great domains and people are paying thousands of dollars for the names but your report shows them how they can come with those same domain names and save them thousands of dollars.

And If I had the problem of coming up with great domain names I would buy if:

One: I wanted the report.

Two: I had the money

Three: I believed that you had the technique

Some will take you up on your offer and some want... So What... for get about them as long as you delivered what you said...

Maybe they will listen When you are the go to The Creative Brand Consultant of Nike, Disney, and Apple.


I really believe that your question could of been:

Is weight loss, oyster farming, or seduction, a good niche for a beginner
and the same advice could have been given to you from every who decides to give it...
(Because no niche is a good niche if you don't know the audience and don't have the goods)

My advice: do what your gut tells you to in the niche or market you take on.
Then one day you be ready for The Leap Frog Theory...

I think you are referring to the Make Money Online niche. In that case, a TOTAL BEGINNER would have a tough time selling something of value to that niche. However, you CAN do it if you've been hanging around the WF and have a little bit of knowledge under your belt.

The trick is to offer something of value that doesn't require proof of income.

First of all: do you have any specific skills?

If you have, I suggest you to start with that as your niche.

If no, the next question is: Are you passionate about IM niche?

If yes - go ahead and make IM as your niche.

If no - look for a niche that you're passionate about,

Hope it helps...

If you can find a small IM-related niche to focus on, you can succeed in IM-related niches. In every market, there are niches. And in every niche, there are small or micro niches. Micro niches have the lowest competition but are still profitable if you know how to take advantage of them.

Apply this to the IM market and you'll be on the right path to making some money. Not that it'll come easy, but it eventually will.

Aside from that, making money in the IM market requires dedication, perseverance, and money. Yes, money! You'll need an email marketing subscription, a good host, video and audio equipment for videos, webinars, and podcasts, etc. You won't need all of these from the beginning though.

The standards are higher, and your blog visitors will expect more from you everyday.

If you are a beginner at internet marketing, what makes you think you are qualified to tell other people how to do internet marketing?

If you've never driven a car before, would you set up shop as a driving instructor?

For all of the reasons Alexa and Steven Wagenheim have mentioned, selling MMO info when you yourself haven't made a dime online is a VERY BAD IDEA. It's out of integrity.

HOWEVER, if you're not teaching it yourself or making false income claims, you can sell someone else's MMO info as an affiliate (assuming THEY have made money online) with integrity.

But the MMO niche is extremely crowded and can be difficult to be successful in. It's not an easy niche to break into. And if you're a complete newbie, it's definitely not advisable.

There are plenty of niches where people have been successful for decades, long before the Internet. (Remember, the Internet is just a medium. It's not a business in and of itself.)

You can focus on a niche like:

1. Fitness/weight loss
2. Dating
3. Parenting
4. Cooking
5. Pet care
6. Writing and publishing
7. Etc.

There is no one "best niche" for an online business.

In short, any niche that people have made money in before will generally be successful online. The key is to pick something that you're interested in and know something about. It's generally a bad idea to pick a niche strictly based on income potential.

You're going about this rather backwards. What are your interests and skills? What are you knowledgeable about?

Start there.

Also, don't think you have to sell info products or digital products. There are people making a killing selling physical products using Amazon and eBay.

So, what are you interested in? What are your skills? What are you knowledgeable about?

Hope that helps!

Michelle

WOW! What a firestorm! All because the poor guy asked about going into the IM / MMO market. While it's a tough and highly competitive market, it has a lot of dimensions, no different than any other highly competitive market such as health, fitness, technology, weight loss, etc.

We don't know his background and level of experiences. Most here have jumped to conclusions and made assumptions with no facts.This guy may have the background and experiences that would lend themselves to some kind of information product or even a software that could be beneficial in a sub-niche of IM.

Just because someone is new to the market doesn't mean they have nothing to contribute.

My advice to you is there are many programs that are already designed that you can plug into and just follow the steps and have success. I can even recommend 2 really great programs that I know work and are working for me and others that are very inexpensive to get into, with an unbelievable ROI. Just PM me and I will be happy to share them with you if you like.

Don't be intimidated by the negativity in this thread. Just be creative and persistent and you can make it.

A word to all of the negative people here.. Don't forget you were once a newbie too. Rather than bash this poor guy for asking an innocent question, why not relate your story, rather than being dream killers?

Best of luck and I wish you much success. I hope you come back some day and rub your success in some of these people's faces. That would be justice.

Rock on!

Steve

If you position yourself correctly, ofcourse you can get started in the MMO / IM niche.

I can't believe the reactions here, they are simply absurd....

Just a thought: how about you try out new products as a complete newbie and document your findings. Wouldn't that be adding value to the marketplace? Who can give better advice from a newbie's point of view than a newbie?

It's like saying a fat person can never create or try a product about weightloss just becaue he's not skinny...Sorry but if you're going to take the advice of many people here you're going to stay fat.

Just take action and document your progress / findings and you just got started.

Wow so many people are so negative about beginning in the IM niche, but they forget you don't necessarily have to start with teaching others how to do IM.
You could:
- sell affiliate offers
- do interviews with other successful marketers
- sell software
- sell web- and/or graphicsdesign

The IM niche is a profitable niche and the door is always open for new players.

Being a Newbie is even what makes it more interesting.

To succeed in the IM niche, you need lots of creativity and a strong desire to always go the extra mile.

If you can offer higher quality information that are better than what competitors are doing couple with your own personal views, then you're more likely to succeed.

No, no, no, no, no. I needed 10 characters.

Can you promote cooking when you never cooked a day in your life?

I think it depends on the approach you plan on taking as you enter the internet marketing niche. For instance, I wouldn't recommend that you start a IM niche blog reviewing products as your first blog since you've had no success and don't really know what works.

However, I think it's okay to have an IM blog that documents your journey as long as you also have another blog outside of the IM niche. Once you've had some success outside of the IM niche with a particular product or whatever, you learn what kinds of things need to be taught in a quality IM program for people to see real success.

Joey

Joey

Many people will tell you no because you shouldn't start with a niche you know nothing about, but the truth is it's the best to start with because the more you dive into IM the more you will learn about it and it will help you branch out to other niches.

You say you are completely NEW to Internet marketing...

You know what? Why don't you give it a try? Honestly, it will take lots of time and you might waste a few weeks or months of your life.

But if you like it, you might fell in love with internet marketing! And if you grow passion for it, you will be able to overcome obstacles that will come up.

I think your real question here is if IM niche is more difficult than others and if you can make money with it.

1. Yes, it is more difficult to sell in IM niche in general, because sellers are skilled marketers and buyers are tired of all the B.S. that is on the market.

2. Can You Make Money in IM Niche? Absolutely yes. But since you said you are new, you will first need to LEARN something, APPLY IT, and get your own RESULTS, before people will buy from you.

But here is a golden nugget: Buyers in IM niche are desperately looking for genuine products and people that actually help. So if you can do that, you can sell. It doesn't matter if you just started yesterday. If you know just one more thing than someone else, than you are an expert to them and you can help them!

Absolutely YES! Why wouldn't be IM for you? It doesn;t matter what others say, if you are interested in the IM industry, you should go for it. Yes, you would need to learn a lot. Yes, you would fall on your face a couple of times, but isn't that with every new job?

I don't understand why people say you need certain skills, or money to get into internet marketing. The truth is, you already have certain skills that can be used to get started or get going.

The bottom line is, there is a big learning curve but if you believe in yourself and consistently take action, you're going to do great!
Realize that at this stage: Do it for yourself, not others, and not the money. This is not a get rich quick type of life style.